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Transfer of C&W Executive Engineer demanded

BY Zahiruddin

CHITRAL,: The president of All Contractors Association Noor Ahmed Khan has demanded of the government to transfer the executive engineer of Communication and works (C&W) department Chitral who is creating hurdles for the local contractors. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he alleged that the officer is trying to make the routine matters difficult for the local contractors.
Flanked by tens of other contractor leaders Mughal Baz, Jandullah Khan, Sarfaraz Khan and others, he said that on the pretext of acting on public works code, the officer has debarred the majority of contractors from competing in the tender for the construction of suspension bridge in Booni and Chitral city. He said that hundreds of local contractors have been rendered jobless by the incumbent executive engineer for the last one year.

Meanwhile, the local police arrested the contractor leaders soon after they addressed the press conference who had beaten a non-local contractor for participating in the tendering process while the local contractors had boycotted it.
The SHO of Chitral Police station Zaffar Ahmed said that the contractors had forcibly stopped the officials of the department from performing their duties and had instigated the other contractors for rising against the department.


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Flash flood in Damil valley of Arandu

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The flash floods as a result of torrential rains swept away the hundreds of acres of maiz and rice crops and fruit trees in Damil valley of Union Council Arandu here on Friday night.  An official of police station Arandu told chitraltimes.com that no loss to human life has been reported while the damage to the crops and trees has been widespread. He said that the floods have caused to block the road leading to the border village Arandu while the road inside the Doamil valley from the main road to Aspar and Lachigram has been swept away and may take weeks for their restoration.